Where does “mardalan” come from?

mardalan (Simalungun Batak) comes from Simalungun Batak dalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

mardalan (Simalungun Batak): to walk

Definitions

  1. to walk

Ancestry of “mardalan”, step by step

mardalan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Simalungun Batak dalan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Simalungun Batakdalanway, road
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
3Proto-Austronesianzalanpath

via Simalungun Batak mar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Simalungun Batakmar—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Simalungun Batak dalan →